Unfortunately, a stray bullet from the protesting officers hit a widow while, other residents of the area were seen running helter-skelter for their lives. The women was pronounced dead.

However, confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Kaduna police command, Mukhtar Aliyu, said the officers were killed in an ambush by some unidentified gunmen.

Aliyu said: "The Kaduna State Police Command wishes to categorically state that, on 16/07/2018 at about 1830hrs, a team of police officers on special duty, while on routine patrol at Tabanni Village along Birnin-Gwari – Funtua Road, were ambushed and attacked by unidentified armed men.

“The police team engaged the attackers in a fierce gun battle and at the end, two of the unidentified gunmen were killed and one AK-47 rifle was recovered. Unfortunately, two police officers lost their lives in the incident. However, the situation has been promptly brought under control."

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that seven police officer where killed by some unknown gunmen in Galadimawa area of Abuja. The gunmen were said to have opened fire on the officers station at the duty post killing seven of them.